Re: re-torquing heads

["Henrik H. Johansen" <gtv1750@domain.elided>]

Mark,

Procedure is as follows:

Cold engine
Loosen nuts according to schema in book, squirt oil, retighten to specs. =
(One nut at a time)

Run the car to operating temperature, by actually driving it.
Torque to specs

And you are done!

This should be done once a year

In oil means that you sqirt some engine oil on the threads before you =
retighten

You start with the center nuts and work your way out in a circle.  I =
don't remember the lb/ft or kg/m (at least not so that I will put them =
on paper in this forum)

Best regards,

Henrik Johansen
ARA
San Francisco, CA
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> Would someone please explain how to re-torque the head on a 4 cyl, 2 =
liter=20
> Alfa? I have read that it should be done cold, someone told me hot, in =
a=20
> particular sequence, in oil, and at a certain lb-ft, and Les Singh =
says=20
> every year.  What does "in oil" mean?
> All advice appreciated.  Thanks--Mark

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